So many great things have happened this past week! I spent Sunday with my extended family, and I don't know them much, but it was a really great time fellowshipping and getting to know them. Then Monday my family and I drove to Vegas and spent the day with my sisters, bro-in-law and adorable nephew, Austin. Now that was a great day! Today, Tuesday, was interesting as well. I had a good day monitoring at LBA, found out I have 2 twin daughters (don't ask =D), got into a fight with a Wal-Mart employee, and went to the LBA sports banquet. I also house-sat for the Harveys last week. So, it was very hard to figure out what I want to write about tonight...since I don't feel like going to bed just yet! I could've written about a good deal of those things, but some I just didn't feel like there would be a way to do the stories justice without plenty of sound effects, facial expressions and hand motions. Especially the Wal-Mart fight. If you want to know about that one, ask me when you see me next, it's pretty crazy! I thought about it for a while, and decided on a topic. Oddly, it's not one of the many options I listed above. Tonight, I feel like giving a shout-out to my RU Kidz!
I know I've written a little about RU Kidz on here before, but honestly, I just cannot say enough about this class! I've been teaching the class for about 5 months I think, and it's still not old! I still love it! Recently, the program has been going longer....by about 20 minutes! 2 hours and 20 minutes may not seem like a long time to you. But, as it gets later at night, the kids are tired and restless, they've had a long school day and the younger kids want to be with their mommy and go to bed, whereas the older kids are anxious to go have some snacks then hang out with their friends outside. I'm trying to find ways to stretch the program and not make it seem so long. One way, is by making song time longer. This has been an adjustment that I really enjoy! We sing first, and it is my favorite time of the night! Two new songs we've started singing are The Little Green Frog, and Black Socks. Oh yes, we're a very spiritual bunch! :) We sing for the first half hour or so of class and everyone seems to really enjoy the time! Then we have prayer/praise time, game time, challenge time, break time, and lesson time, after which we join the adults for awards and then close the night up in the fellowship hall with some snacks. The kids can, at times, be a pretty rowdy bunch, but overall they do a really good job! I am very impressed with how well most of the kids do! I have some that just don't care about the rules and want to talk and goof off all night. But others really get into the program! They pay attention, sing out, play all the games, do challenges every week and their daily journal, etc. We have 3 groups of kids in that class. The rotten's....I think that's pretty self-explanatory. The floaters.....you know, the kids who show up and behave alright, but are not huge participator's. Then, the star students. I have a few kids in there that work very hard on their challenge books, sing all the songs, play all the games, help out by being a leader to the other kids, on and on. Don't get me wrong, I don't think kids are rotten (exactly) and I don't think they're mediocre. In fact, I love the bad kids! I know they're badly behaved, but there's something endearing about them, anyways! And the "floaters" are still great kids, just maybe lacking some motivation. I don't even have a favorite group of kids. They're all great and help to make up the program. But, this last week, I was especially proud of 3 of my students. Some of these kids, I confess, work waaay harder than I do in their challenge book! They fly through them and get awards every week! One of the awards is the Four Book Medallion (if you can't figure out what you do to earn that...yikes!) and last week, *tear* I had 3 kids go up to the front of the room and receive their medallion! I was so proud of them!! They stood proudly as Brother Godinez draped the medals over their necks and the crowd cheered! Great moment!
I know I've written a little about RU Kidz on here before, but honestly, I just cannot say enough about this class! I've been teaching the class for about 5 months I think, and it's still not old! I still love it! Recently, the program has been going longer....by about 20 minutes! 2 hours and 20 minutes may not seem like a long time to you. But, as it gets later at night, the kids are tired and restless, they've had a long school day and the younger kids want to be with their mommy and go to bed, whereas the older kids are anxious to go have some snacks then hang out with their friends outside. I'm trying to find ways to stretch the program and not make it seem so long. One way, is by making song time longer. This has been an adjustment that I really enjoy! We sing first, and it is my favorite time of the night! Two new songs we've started singing are The Little Green Frog, and Black Socks. Oh yes, we're a very spiritual bunch! :) We sing for the first half hour or so of class and everyone seems to really enjoy the time! Then we have prayer/praise time, game time, challenge time, break time, and lesson time, after which we join the adults for awards and then close the night up in the fellowship hall with some snacks. The kids can, at times, be a pretty rowdy bunch, but overall they do a really good job! I am very impressed with how well most of the kids do! I have some that just don't care about the rules and want to talk and goof off all night. But others really get into the program! They pay attention, sing out, play all the games, do challenges every week and their daily journal, etc. We have 3 groups of kids in that class. The rotten's....I think that's pretty self-explanatory. The floaters.....you know, the kids who show up and behave alright, but are not huge participator's. Then, the star students. I have a few kids in there that work very hard on their challenge books, sing all the songs, play all the games, help out by being a leader to the other kids, on and on. Don't get me wrong, I don't think kids are rotten (exactly) and I don't think they're mediocre. In fact, I love the bad kids! I know they're badly behaved, but there's something endearing about them, anyways! And the "floaters" are still great kids, just maybe lacking some motivation. I don't even have a favorite group of kids. They're all great and help to make up the program. But, this last week, I was especially proud of 3 of my students. Some of these kids, I confess, work waaay harder than I do in their challenge book! They fly through them and get awards every week! One of the awards is the Four Book Medallion (if you can't figure out what you do to earn that...yikes!) and last week, *tear* I had 3 kids go up to the front of the room and receive their medallion! I was so proud of them!! They stood proudly as Brother Godinez draped the medals over their necks and the crowd cheered! Great moment!
